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HSCI130 Tutorial Exercises

Week 6: Incidence & Prevalence

1. In the year 2000, fifteen thousand YEAR TOTAL


women without diagnosed high CASES
blood pressure aged 45 years 2000 250
were tested and 250 were found 2005 650
to have high blood pressure. All of 2010 1150
the women were tested every five 2015 2000
years for the next twenty years. 2020 3300

a) What was the prevalence of high blood pressure among women at


age 55?

b) How many women were ‘at risk’ of developing high blood pressure
after the first tests were completed in 2000?

c) What was the incidence of high blood pressure in this population of


women? Is this a cumulative incidence or an incidence rate? Why?

2. In a community with a population of 25,000 people, 36 develop


diabetes during a 1 year period. What was the incidence rate of
diabetes in the community?
3.
Day Cases An epidemiologist has been called in to
Monday 0 track the number of cases of a
Tuesday 0 mysterious disease in a population of
Wednesday 1 500 people.
Thursday 5
Friday 10 Assume:
Saturday 10 i)cases occur at the end of the day
Sunday 5
Monday 2 ii)the disease does not recur in
Tuesday 1 individuals
Wednesday 1
Thursay 1 iii)the duration of the disease is one
month
Friday 0
Saturday 0
Sunday 0

a) What is the cumulative incidence over the two week period?

b) What was the incidence rate over the first week / first seven days
(Mon-Sun)? AND c) What was the incidence rate over the second
week / second seven days (Mon-Sun)?

4. A group of school children is followed for 2000 person days and


55 develop strep throat. What is the incidence rate of strep in
this school?
5. The population of a small town is 1500 people. Over the course
of a one year period, you are able to monitor cases of a new
disease called “rainitis”. A vaccine becomes available in the
spring, but there is limited supply.

Assume cases occur at the end of the month.

Assume immunity is achieved at the end of the month it occurs –


that is, they were at risk for the month in which they were
vaccinated.

Assume that the last data you have for people lost to follow up is
the month before they are lost.

Month Cases Lost to Follow Immune


Up
January 0 0 0
Februay 0 0 0
March 5 0 0
April 15 0 0
May 15 0 20
June 25 0 50
July 40 10 50
August 50 10 100
September 25 20 100
October 20 20 50
November 5 10 0
December 0 10 0
TOTAL 200 80 370

a.What is the cumulative incidence of “rainitis” for the period January –


June?

b. What is the cumulative incidence of “rainitis” for the period


September – December?

c. What is the incidence rate of “rainitis” for January - April?

d. What is the incidence rate of “rainitis” for May – August?

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